Director of Nursing Home Health - City Choice Home Health Care of Florida

Welcome to City Choice Home Health Care of Florida, a leading home health agency dedicated to providing compassionate and comprehensive care to individuals in the comfort of their own homes across Palm Beach County Florida. City Choice belives in fostering independence, promoting wellness, and enhancing the quality of life for our clients. We are excited to offer a position for a skilled Registered Nurse with experience as a clinical manager and/or director of nursing in the home health industry.

Job Summary: Assume primary responsibility for clinical services provided by the Agency. Direct, coordinate and supervise all clinical functions.  Maintains compliance with federal and state regulations as they apply to the provision of home visits to patients. Assure compliance with Agency Policy and Procedure. Monitor job performance and completion of evaluations and counseling of clinical staff.

Qualifications/Educational Requirements: 

1.     Registered Nurse in good standing with the Florida Board of Nursing with at least two years of home health experience.

2.     Have at least one year of managerial or supervisory experience in personal assistance agency or related health programs (hospital, home health, nursing facility or hospice).

3.     Demonstrate knowledge and skills necessary to provide care primarily to the geriatric population, and to a lesser degree, the pediatric and adult population.

4.     Professional demeanor and appearance.

5.     Excellent oral and written skills.

6.     Demonstrate organizational and leadership skills.

Responsibilities/essential functions: The person in this position must be able to perform the following essential job functions with or without reasonable accommodations.

1.     Assure compliance with company policy and all federal, state, and local regulatory bodies. 

2.     Supervise all clinical activities and staff related to nursing. 

3.     Assist with recruiting, hiring, orienting and ongoing in-service education of all nursing staff.

4.     Remain informed of home health regulations and standards as well as management issues.

5.     Accountable for all clinical issues. 

6.     Provide guidance and support for supervisory, field and office staff.

7.     Conduct employee performance evaluations.  Assists with development of new job standards as needed. 

8.     Counsel staff appropriately and in a timely manner concerning areas of deficiency as well as areas of excellence and quality improvement.

9.     Ensure coordination of care by all disciplines. 

10.  Assure that a reassessment of a client’s needs is performed by the appropriate health care professional (i.e. when there is a significant health status change in the client’s condition at the physician’s request or after hospital discharge.)

11.  Participate in review, analysis and appraisal of the effectiveness of the total agency program. 

12.  Participate in short and long range planning for the agency and implement specific measures for agency growth.  Increase market share through education of physicians and other community and referral sources.

13.  Participate in the evaluation of agency programs.

14.  Participate in state, local and national organizations, meetings, seminars, workshops and activities relating to the home health profession and health care services.

15.  Work with other agencies and promote good community relations through involvement in community events.

16.  Assure service satisfaction through client visits and other measures, as appropriate. Investigate and resolve agency complaints related to nursing or other department if required.

17.  Ensure care delivery meets the needs of the patients and follows professional practice standards.

18.  Develop, implement, review and revise policies and procedures to guide care delivery. 

19.  Monitor compliance with applicable Federal, State and Local laws, Professional Standards and principals, established policies and procedures and the plan of care. 

20.  The Director of nursing must validate that visits are completed by Staff. Verify that services were rendered by staff to the patients. Review signed time sheets by Patient.